Recorderly vs Edit Your Wedding vs a local videographer
Edit Your Wedding is the closest competitor on price. They sell two, three or four cameras — £450, £480 and £520 — which their US storefront showed from $650 in August 2026. Recorderly is $595 for two cameras and $795 for four. Their four-camera kit undercuts ours by roughly $45, and they offer a three-camera middle tier we do not. We include a wireless mic per camera, a vertical cut, and a faster edit on the top kit — and we bill in dollars from a US address.
As of August 2026. Prices and packages may change.
The tightest price gap in the category
Edit Your Wedding prices in pounds, so the dollar figure moves with the exchange rate. Treat the conversions as approximate.
| Recorderlythis site | Edit Your WeddingDIY Wedding Video | Local videographerUS average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two cameras | $595Two mics, 3–4 min film, four-week edit | £450 / ~$650US storefront showed from $650 | ~$1,000Lower quarter of US couples |
| Three cameras | Not offeredWe sell two or four | £480 / ~$695 | $2,300National average, one operator |
| Four cameras | $795Four mics, 5–7 min plus vertical cut, three-week edit | £520 / ~$750 | $3,300+Upper quarter |
| No cameras | $395Editing only, you upload your own footage | Not offered | Not offered |
| Destination | US addresses onlyFly with the kit, return from the US | £520 / ~$750Dedicated destination package | Travel billed separately |
Edit Your Wedding pricing from their store; GBP figures from their product catalogue, USD from the US storefront. The Knot Real Weddings Study puts the national average at $2,300 — median about $1,900, lower quarter near $1,000, upper quarter $3,300 and above. Zola reports a higher $3,993.
What a videographer costs near you
Videographer pricing is regional. This is the number a guest-camera kit is really measured against where you are.
Regional averages from The Knot Real Weddings Study, 2025 data, 10,474 US couples. Your region is detected from your connection and will be wrong for a destination wedding — set it yourself above. The Knot publishes the six regions but not the states in them; the groupings above are ours.
What you actually get
| Recorderlythis site | Edit Your WeddingDIY Wedding Video | Local videographerUS average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameras | Two or four pocket 4K cameras | Two, three or four compact 4K cameras | One operator, one or two bodies |
| Audio | A free wireless clip-on mic on every camera | Not listed | Lav mics and a board feed |
| Finished film | 3–4 min on two cameras, 5–7 min on four | Highlights film, length not published | 3–8 minute highlight film |
| Vertical cut | 60-second vertical included with four cameras | Not listed | Sometimes, usually extra |
| Raw footage | $195 add-on, on a drive in the mail (details) | Not published | Often an add-on at $500–$1,000 |
| Turnaround | Four weeks on two cameras, three weeks on four | Four weeks | Three to six months is common |
| Billing | US dollars | Pounds sterling, converted at the storefront | Local currency |
| Shipping | Both ways within the US, prepaid label in the box | From the UK; check terms for US delivery and return | Not applicable |
| Who films | Your guests | Your guests | A hired professional |
Who wins what
Every one of these three beats the other two at something. Here is the honest split.
Where Edit Your Wedding beats us
- Their four-camera kit lands around $750 against our $795. Small, but it is the only company in this comparison that undercuts us at four cameras.
- A three-camera tier at roughly $695. Nobody else sells the middle, and for a 60-guest room it is arguably the right number.
- A dedicated destination package, priced the same as their four-camera kit.
- A simpler ladder: one product, three sizes, one price each.
Where Recorderly beats Edit Your Wedding
- A free wireless clip-on mic on every camera. Their listings do not mention audio at all, which in practice means onboard mics.
- A three-week edit on the four-camera kit against their four weeks.
- A 60-second vertical cut included with four cameras.
- An editing-only tier at $395 if your guests already filmed on their phones.
- Dollar pricing and US shipping both ways. Their prices are set in pounds, so your cost moves with the exchange rate, and a transatlantic return is a real consideration if something goes wrong.
Where a videographer beats both
- Someone is guaranteed to be pointing a camera at the ceremony. Guest cameras are a probability, not a promise.
- Low light, long lenses and fast movement. A dark church at 7pm is where consumer cameras give up and a professional body does not.
- A contract, liability insurance and backup gear. If something fails at 4pm, that is their problem to solve, not yours.
- Directed coverage. You can ask for specific shots, in a specific order, and get them.
Which one is for you
Mics, a faster edit, and dollars
You are paying about $45 more for four cameras and getting four wireless mics, a week off the edit, a vertical cut, and a price that does not move with the pound.
Cheapest four-camera kit, and a three-camera option
If the lowest four-camera number is what you are optimising for, it is theirs. The three-camera tier is a genuinely useful size that nobody else sells, and the destination package is well priced.
When the ceremony cannot be missed
A $100 difference between two guest kits is noise next to whether anyone is filming the vows. If that has to be guaranteed, that is what the $2,300 buys.
Recorderly and Edit Your Wedding, answered
How much does Edit Your Wedding cost in dollars?
Their catalogue prices are set in pounds at £450 for two cameras, £480 for three and £520 for four. The US storefront showed a starting price of $650 in August 2026. Because the conversion is done at the storefront, the dollar figure moves with the exchange rate.
Is Edit Your Wedding cheaper than Recorderly?
At four cameras, marginally. Their four-camera kit converts to roughly $750 against our $795. At two cameras we are cheaper: $595 against roughly $650. They also sell a three-camera tier at about $695 that we do not offer.
Do either include microphones?
Recorderly includes a free wireless clip-on mic with every camera. Edit Your Wedding's listings do not mention audio equipment, which means the cameras record on their onboard mics.
How long does each take to edit?
Edit Your Wedding advertises a four-week turnaround. Recorderly is four weeks on the two-camera kit and three weeks on the four-camera kit, counted from when the kit reaches us rather than from the event date.
Does it matter that Edit Your Wedding is UK-based?
For a US wedding it is worth checking. Prices are set in pounds and converted at checkout, so your cost is exchange-rate dependent, and you should confirm how delivery and returns work for a US address before booking. Recorderly ships within the US both ways with a prepaid label in the box.
Which one is better for a destination wedding?
Edit Your Wedding sells a dedicated destination package at the same price as their four-camera kit. Recorderly ships to US addresses only — you can fly with the cameras, but the kit has to go out to and come back from a US address.
Four cameras, four mics, three-week edit
$795 in dollars, shipped both ways inside the US, with a wireless mic on every camera.
Recorderly is not affiliated with Edit Your Wedding. Prices and package details were taken from their public store and are reproduced here for comparison; GBP to USD conversions are approximate. As of August 2026. Prices and packages may change.